GOMEZ v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 3D21-622.

357 So.3d 198 (2023)

George GOMEZ, Silvia Pohl, and Joy Gomez, Appellants, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., and Philip Morris USA Inc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion Filed January 25, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A., and Mark Hicks and Dinah S. Stein , for appellants.

King & Spalding LLP, and William L. Durham II (Atlanta, GA), for appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, and Geoffrey J. Michael (Washington, DC); Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P, and Frank Cruz-Alvarez and J. Daniel Gardner , for appellee Philip Morris USA Inc.; Easley Appellate Practice, PLLC, and Dorothy F. Easley , for appellee Reka Gomez, Individually as Survivor.

Before LOGUE, LINDSEY, and LOBREE, JJ.


In the action below, the personal representative of the estate of the decedent filed a cause of action for wrongful death against various tobacco companies ("Tobacco Defendants"). On behalf of the estate, the personal representative sought damages for herself as the surviving spouse and, in the alternative, for the decedent's adult children...

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